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Submitted: 5/19/21 • Approved: 5/21/21 • Last Updated: 5/24/21 • R419897-G419897-S3
September 17, 1932-December 7, 2017
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Nita Nell Cannon
September 17, 1932 - December 7, 2017
Nita Nell Cannon, 85, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2017.
Graveside services will be 4 pm on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Nita was born September 17, 1932 in Oklahoma to Mervin Bowen and Leota Lemley Bowen. She married Willie G. Cannon on February 5, 1951.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; four sons, David, Willie, Michael and Cecil; and two granddaughters.
Survivors include her daughters, Mervetta Lemon ''Mert'' of Amarillo, Shuri Miller and husband, Stephen of Springfield, Missouri; daughter-in-law, Janis Cannon of Amarillo; five grandchildren; and numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; brothers, Merle Bowen of Asher, Oklahoma, Terry Bowen of Del Rio, Texas; sister, Iva Dale Cannon of Ballinger, Texas.
(Published by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors, Thursday, December 7, 2017)
Contributed on 5/19/21
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